Santa’s Little Helpers

Our sponsor this week is McDonell Doodles. I must admit I’ve never heard of McDonell Doodles before this challenge but I had a great time browsing Janet’s blog.

Janet has been working in children’s publishing for over 20 years. First as an editor and now as an illustrator – her illustration are stunning.

Okay, I know this doesn’t look like much of an effort.

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This is how the card looks when you open it!

The second photo is the backside and top of the card.

If you are a regular follower of my blog you’ve seen this type of card before. I got the template from Cards etc. Challenge, by the time this posts the challenge will be over but I believe the template will be available in their store.

This card screams Christmas; elves, candy canes, gingerbread men – this cute digital stamp is from Pink Cat Studio. I colored the image using copic markers.

The DP is from The Paper Studio and is in a paper pack that I found at Hobby Lobby last week. I really like the papers in this collection. I used three of them on this card – the colors are more contemporary and I love that. Lately, I’m drawn to paper with text on it and this doesn’t disappoint.

The sentiment is computer generated and punched out with a Spellbinder die.

A little bit about me…

I LOVE making cards. For me, making greeting cards is a cheap (relatively) form of therapy.
My hubby is one of the most wonderful, caring men in this world. We have two children that are married and they have each blessed us with two grandsons.
Sunday is usually the day we get together as a family and sit down for a meal. The noise levels at time reads pretty high on the decibel meter but I wouldn't change it for anything in this world.
I am a huge sports fan; especially the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings. I haven't had much to cheer about lately but one of these years but that's okay as I enjoy just watching the games.
I watch entirely too much television - I enjoy Project Runway, Top Chef, American Idol, NCIS, Castle, Suits, the list goes on - all I can say is thank goodness for DVR!
Thank you for stopping by - I love visitors and I hope you drop by often.